Journals for Old SSI Golbox Games?

Elypsis27 · Post by **Elypsis27** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:51 am

Anyone have them? If so, which one(s)?

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:52 am

Moving to RPG Discussion.

DaveO · Post by **DaveO** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:29 am

Pool of Radiance
Curse of the Azure Bonds
Secret of the Silver Blades
Gateway to the Savage Frontier
Krynn Gold Box Trilogy: Champions of Krynn, Death Knights of Krynn, Dark Queen of Krynn

Elypsis27 · Post by **Elypsis27** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:16 pm

Hmmmm, I'm trying to start playing these games again...wondering how to get copies of them. Do you have any electronic versions of these?

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 3:45 pm

Elypsis27 wrote:Hmmmm, I'm trying to start playing these games again...wondering how to get copies of them. Do you have any electronic versions of these?

I just checked one of the newly recreated Home of the Underdog sites, and found the manual for CotAB available for download. You might want to search that site for the others.

Elypsis27 · Post by **Elypsis27** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 4:22 pm

Looking now, thanx...

DaveO · Post by **DaveO** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 4:22 pm

So is there a policy in regards to 'Abandoned' games? I know piracy is not encouraged, so is there a double standard I was not aware of?

mr_sir · Post by **mr_sir** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:05 pm

DaveO wrote:So is there a policy in regards to 'Abandoned' games? I know piracy is not encouraged, so is there a double standard I was not aware of?

The original poster is not looking for the games, they already own those so piracy isn't even relevant to this topic - all that they are seeking are the manuals that they have lost.

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:52 pm

I think the SSI gold and silver box sets are also considered abandonware, at this point. The owners have expressed no interest in the titles.

Elypsis27 · Post by **Elypsis27** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:14 pm

mr_sir wrote:The original poster is not looking for the games, they already own those so piracy isn't even relevant to this topic - all that they are seeking are the manuals that they have lost.

Yeah, I found the game disks (but no manuals) in a pile of old stuff I was going through last week and I've since struck an urge to play them again. I only joined this forum today and am already very impressed with the degree of helpfulness demonstrated thus far. Thanks, everyone.

The problem is that in order to play some of these games you need the manuals and/or "wheels" to answer the "security questions" prior to starting the game.

DaveO · Post by **DaveO** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:53 pm

Further proof that sometimes being so 'bullish' on things can lead to me making an ass of myself. I hope you enjoy your collection, and you probably should find the latest version of DOSBox in order to play them.

kmonster · Post by **kmonster** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:52 am

You can get journals, manuals and other info at Welcome to Project 64, icestorm9999 and http://abandonia.com

Elypsis27 · Post by **Elypsis27** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:51 am

kmonster wrote:You can get journals, manuals and other info at Welcome to Project 64, icestorm9999 and abandonia

Awesome links, thanks kmonster.

God, I had forgotten how fun these games were...having flashbacks here, hehe!

Gilliatt · Post by **Gilliatt** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:22 pm

If you have not yet found them all, you can also check at replacementdocs.com

Elypsis27 · Post by **Elypsis27** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:23 pm

Gilliatt wrote:If you have not yet found them all, you can also check at replacementdocs.com

Wow, thanks! That's one of the better ones, Gilliatt...

Awesome crew on here, everyone contributes when someone needs help.

coyo7e · Post by **coyo7e** » Tue May 19, 2009 4:13 pm

Elypsis27 wrote:Anyone have them? If so, which one(s)?

This place tends to have PDFs of all related documentation for old games, I found stuff on dozens of old RPGs here: Pool of Radiance, :: DJ OldGames

Note that there are links to the other SSI games in the related links part.

Gilliatt · Post by **Gilliatt** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:41 pm

Interesting site, thanks for sharing.

Welcome to GameBanshee by the way!

Dimon · Post by **Dimon** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:10 pm

Aww your forgot my favorite SSI game...

Boo! You forgot to post the original "Return to Hillsfar' white SSI box. I still got my copy of it. No, im not talking about the NES remake version, the original one was made for PC (IBM) type. They did make one for original NES, under another company. I am aware this is old topic and im opening it again, but i could not let this classic be forgotten..

i always used to laugh when i was riding the horse area's, because i always tripped over the logs..lol.

And to prove it is a SSI game, here is an image of it on Gamefaqs:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/ima ... l?box=3205

The white image is of the PC version, while the red one is for the NES. Strange though, as my box says "Return to Hillsfar" on it. Maybe they altered the name after awhile so both versions matched.

And here is the data that shows it's SSI style:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin ... 64790.html